The Turkish Foreign Ministry announced on Wednesday that it has completed the bureaucratic preparations required to launch direct trade with Armenia, lifting a longstanding restriction that for three decades had forced Turkish goods bound...
The Turkish Foreign Ministry announced on Wednesday that it has completed the bureaucratic preparations required to launch direct trade with Armenia, lifting a longstanding restriction that for three decades had forced Turkish goods bound for Armenia to be routed through a third country and re-exported, effectively erasing Armenia from...
The European Armenian Federation for Justice and Democracy (EAFJD) acknowledges the historic significance of the first-ever EU-Armenia Summit held in Yerevan. The presence of European Council President António Costa and Commission President Ursula von der Leyen signals a welcome willingness by European leadership to engage directly with Armenian society....
Dear friends, colleagues, and all with an interest in Armenia,In my public statement, dated 5th February 2025, I announced that Iwould be reducing some of my activities, but that I planned to continue toengage with causes to which I remain deeply committed. As a consistentsupporter of Armenia since 1988...
The Cilicia Analytical Platform convened an extraordinary online meeting on the evening of March 5, 2026, presided over by His Holiness Aram I. The sole agenda of the meeting was the war in the Middle East and its consequences. His Holiness briefed participants on his recent telephone consultations with...
Armenian Church leaders have addressed the escalating crisis in Iran and the wider Middle East following the assassination of Iran’s Supreme Leader and growing regional instability, with His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia, holding a series of phone consultations with Armenian community leaders across...
From Arthur Hagopian Sydney, Feb 21, 2026 It’s been eight days now, and Australia’s Armenians are still waiting for a safe denouement of the mistaken kidnapping of an aged Armenian from his home in a suburb of Sydney. The innocent, 85-year-old man, Chris (Khatchig) Baghsarian was snatched at 5am...
By Arthur Hagopian Sydney, Feb 16, 2026 Never in their painful annals have the Armenians of Jerusalem been visited by this latest calamity in, of all places, distant Australia’s largest metropolis, Sydney. It was 5am, Friday morning. 85-year-old Chris Baghsarian tossed and turned in bed, battling with a nightmare that...
By Harut Sassounian www.TheCaliforniaCourier.com Turkey’s persecution and systematic violation of human rights of Armenians, Assyrians, Greeks, and Jews did not end in 1915. A century after the Genocide, the Turkish government continues to enforce racist, exclusionary, and discriminatory policies against these minority groups. In recent months, some pro-Pashinyan Armenians...
A further consignment of Czech humanitarian and medical assistance destined for the operation of field hospitals in the Gaza Strip arrived in Jordan today. The shipment includes medical instruments, protective equipment, bandage materials, medicines, and other supplies. The handover in Jordan was attended by the Ambassador of the Czech Republic to...
In a major development following months of grassroots Armenian-American advocacy and bipartisan Congressional engagement, the Trump-Vance Administration has, in an unprecedented move, formally announced its commitment on the following issues regarding Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh): * Supporting the return of Artsakh’s displaced ethnic Armenian population to their indigenous homeland * Supporting...
